Samayasara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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SAMAYASARA.
89. Thus from the real standpoint the soul really causes or is the doer of (its own modifications). Again know (that) the soul also enjoys its ownself.
Commentary.
The soul being the conscious being, always modifies itself into its own consciousness. As a sea being fretted by the winds or merely ruffled by a mild bree ze changes into and is the cause of its own waves but not of the blowing of the wind; so the soul whether subjected to operation of passions or otherwise performs its own impure or pure conscious thought activities. The real standpoint emphasises the fact that every substance is the modifier of its own forms only.
ववहारस्स दु यादा पुग्गलकम्मं करेदि अणेयविहं । तं चैव य वेदयदे पुग्गलकम्मं अणेयविहं ॥ ६० ॥ व्यवहारस्य त्वात्मा पुद्गलकर्म करोति नैकविधम् । तच्चैव पुनर्वेदयते पुद्गलकर्मानेकविधं ॥ ६० ॥
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90. And the (mundane) soul from the practical standpoint does (or produces) many kinds of material Karmas and it also enjoys (the material fruits of) material Karmas of many kinds.
Commentary.
Just as a potter considers himself to be the doer or producer of a clay pot, and enjoyer of it by using it or selling it; so from the practical point of view the (mundane) soul is said to be the binder of Karmas, the doer or causer of other inanimate things, e.g., clothing, houses, utensils, etc., and the enjoyer of sense-objects or sufferer of pain on account of his having or not having certain things. The potter has only been an auxiliary cause of the clay matter of the pot acquiring the form of the pot, but from the practical point of view he is rightly described as the maker of the pot. He could not obviously make one grain of sand or earth, of which the pot is made. But accident or nature may have taken a million years or more to make the clay-matter of the pot. Thus from the practical standpoint the potter makes the pot and enjoys it, by looking at its beauty or getting its price. The pure soul cannot make or cause one slightest thrill of anger, pride, deceipt or greed, ridicule, jest, sorrow, fear, disgust, like, dislike, or sexual